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Anonymous fair copy 211 line poem, apparently unpublished, attacking Wellington's Tories after their defeat by the Whigs at the Parliamentary Election of 1832, which was primarily fought over the pending Reform Bill; begins, "Attend, ye purse-proud Tories, whilst I trace / The Whigs' triumph and your dire disgrace; / I grant you fought to desperation, yet / You've learnt a lesson you will ne'er forget ...." The paper bears an armorial watermark and a countermark of "S EVANS CO / 1830.". less

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period. less